tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188307231100658311.post5062571666141569855..comments2020-06-01T16:24:55.438-04:00Comments on Ben Aquila's blog: Same-sex marriage in EuropeBen Aquilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05770124209873158340noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3188307231100658311.post-65303296649145004292018-10-07T13:22:16.468-04:002018-10-07T13:22:16.468-04:00Russia&#39;s extreme antagonism towards anything r...Russia&#39;s extreme antagonism towards anything related to LGBTQ equal rights has influenced the slavic speaking and Orthodox Christian worlds. In the USA, right-wing Republican ties to Putin&#39;s Russia, especially among some evangelicals, are similarly motivated by a common antipathy to the LGBTQ equal rights movement, marriage equality progress being the most visible place progress has been made. I now realize that Russia&#39;s hatred of the EU, and the EU&#39;s insistence of some basic human rights for all Europeans no matter what sexual preference, is part of Russia&#39;s successful behind the scenes effort to finance Brexit and national breakup movements such as the one that is happening in Catalonia. Russia is also funding anti-EU and LGBTQ rights parties in France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Greece, Hungary, and other EU member states. It all makes sense looking at that map. Eddi Haskellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10365026406880360184noreply@blogger.com